Unit 1.2 Prayer Flashcards
Types/ features of prayer
- Adoration
- Thanksgiving
- Confession
- Supplication/ intercession
Why do Catholics pray?
- They want a relationship with God
- Hesus said Christians should pray
- The Catechism says Christians should pray
- Contemplative and meditative prayers can bring inner peace
- Their prayer life helps them have a healthy emotinal life
Why is worship in the home important?
This is the heart of people’s lives and worshipping as a family brings the family together
Why is private worship important?
Allows someone to communicate with God one to one and express private emotions a person cannot express in front of others
Why is public worship important?
Worshipping with others in church, especially at Mass, gives a sense of belonging to a whole community of believers
Why is worship at set times important?
It gives order and purpose to people’s religious life and means worship is never forgotten
Why is joyful worship important?
Worship needs to be able to reflect people’s moods
Why is serious worship important?
People need to worship God when they are thinking about the meaning of life, such as during Lent and at sad times like death
What does the Our Father express?
- Adoration
- Confession
- Supplication
What does the Our Father express?
- Adoration
- Confession
- Supplication
Adoration
Praising/ adoring God for what he is
Thanksgiving
Giving thanks to God
Confession
Saying sorry for sins and asking God for forgiveness
Supplication/ intercession
Prayers asking God for help
Sources of wisdom and authority
- Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength
- In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus taigh his followers the Our Father as the best way to pray
- The Catechism says that prayer ‘is the rasing of one’s heart and mind to God’
